Many "Nihilists" seem to deeply misunderstand nihilism as being inherently pessimistic or fatalistic. In a way that deeply misrepresents the concept.
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So.
Many here seem to hold the perspective that nihilism is best summed as
"Nothing means anything"
leading them right to;
"therefore why value subjective meaning when there's no objective meaning"
This line of reasoning seems to me to miss the point entirely.
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Have you ever enjoyed an experience or interaction with a pet?
Or appreciated a moment with someone? Or really enjoyed a good meal or sight or sound?
Have you ever lost someone? hurt yourself? felt Real hunger?
been angry, or sad, or proud, or glad, or any of it?
How about these symbols?
within your mind, do they form into something coherent?
something meaningful?
Are these not all, at base, forms of creation of "meaning"?
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It is only within the context of Minds that the concept of "meaning" has its foundations.
And it only ever has been.
I mean yeah, duh, the universe is, was, and will remain to be indifferent to these concepts that to us are central.
-morality, beauty, value-
But to Us,
to Minds,
They Are Central.
There's this viral fatalistic pessimistic nihilism i see here that's fixated on the fact that meaning doesnt matter to the universe - and never did - but that's not the context in which the word "meaning" has a definition..
To fixate and get lost in this unfortunate reality
- that meaning is only of us -
is to lose sight of the core of it all:
The Mind itself.
Just because the universe is indifferent, doesnt mean we should - or even can - be.
The "Nothing matters lol" crowd seem less interested in Thinking on these things than they are in getting off on spreading what - as they see it - is a truly depressing thing...
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Nihilism is just the realization that things like "meaning" have - and only ever have had - relevance in the context of minds.
It's not that meaning itself doesnt exist...